Category Archives: Values-based

Valuing processes and distribution of costs and benefits as well as outcomes

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Patricia Rogers

As part of our exploration of the need for making explicit the values in evaluation, let’s be clear that this is not just about what outcomes are valued. Sometimes we are not just interested in whether we’ve reached a destination, … Continue reading →

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Pushing sand uphill with a pointy stick? ‘No value-free’ in higher ed evaluation

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Jane Davidson

There’s a unique and extremely challenging barrier to singing the ‘no value-free’ parts of the genuine evaluation song in a higher education (a.k.a. tertiary education) setting. And that’s what Michael Scriven calls the value-free doctrine. Last week I delivered the … Continue reading →

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The real values behind ‘value-undiscussable’ evaluation

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Jane Davidson

I posted yesterday about the importance of visible values in evaluation. This means being clear and transparent about the definitions of quality and value used when identifying criteria, evaluating performance against them based on evidence, and weighing up the pros … Continue reading →

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“No value-free”: The importance of visible values

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Jane Davidson

The “no value-free” line of the Genuine Evaluation song (composed by the incomparable Kataraina Pipi, evaluator and composer/musician, with input from several other genuine evaluators!) was inspired by an earlier post where we defined genuine evaluation and drew some lines … Continue reading →

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Does evaluator political ideology drive evaluators’ choices & approaches?

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Jane Davidson

This year’s winner of the AEA Lazarsfeld award for contributions to evaluation theory, Jonny Morell, is thinking up a storm again, asking some questions that most people have just never thought of. He’s asking on his blog whether evaluators’ political … Continue reading →

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